Clinical and radiologic evaluation of foramen of Morgagni hernias and the transthoracic approach

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1520-1524

  Sirmali, Mehmet ^a,b   Türüt, Hasan ^a   Gezer, Suat ^a   Findik, Göktürk ^a   Kaya, Sadi ^a   Tastepe, Ýrfan ^a   Çetin, Güven ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORAMEN OF MORGAGNI HERNIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC CAVITY; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 28244495073     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0055-4     Document Type: Article

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